DrNickBone wrote:
James,
Um....if you really need a citation, some are mentioned in
http://www.clim-past.net/5/803/2009/cp-5-803-2009.html
Thanks for this. This part of your paper jumped out at me:
For the doubled CO2 experiment a number of the ensemble
members with higher control temperature and high sensitivity
became unstable once the global mean surface temperature
exceeded 296 K.
That 296K seems close to the ~300K mentioned above by hgerhauser
(post of 7th January).
Yes, I'd noticed the interesting coincidence. However, it may just be a
model quirk. Once the atmosphere is that much warmer, the structure has
may have changed sufficiently that the assumptions that went into the
model may not be valid. Specifically, whe discussing this with others, I
have heard people suggest that the ozone in the upper atmosphere may end
up misplaced relative to the (new) atmospheric structure. But I don't
know anything about this. Maybe I should look into it since we have
several runaway models.
Google finds this, don't think anyone has mentioned it.
http://ams.allenpress.com/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1175%2F1520-0469%282002%29059%3C3223%3AANSOAO%3E2.0.CO%3B2
James
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
Global Change ("globalchange") newsgroup. Global Change is a public, moderated
venue for discussion of science, technology, economics and policy dimensions of
global environmental change.
Posts will be admitted to the list if and only if any moderator finds the
submission to be constructive and/or interesting, on topic, and not
gratuitously rude.
To post to this group, send email to [email protected]
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
[email protected]
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/globalchange
